SIMPLE PAST TENSE

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AFFIRMATIVE FORM

Verbs can be:

REGULAR or …

Irregular!(You got that one right)

Affirmative of Regular Verbs

All Persons add –ED to the Base Form:

I played

You laughed

He listened

She watched

We waited

They rememebered

SPELLING the –ED ending

Regular verbs ending in :- E : Add –D:I lived , you decided , he liked, …- Consonant + Y: IED:I studied, He tidied, …(vs: I played)

- 1 Vowel + 1 consonant: Double the consonant: She planned , they stopped, … (vs: he waited)

Pronouncing the –ED:

Three possibilities:

- /d/ as in cleaned

- /t/ as in kicked

- /id/ as in decided

Plenty of pronunciation practice:http://englishteachermargarita.blogspot.com/2009/10/pronouncing-ed-2009-10.html

Affirmative of Irregular Verbs

You must learn them by heart:

A List: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram53.htm

An Irregular Verbs in Groups List:http://safasexto.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/irregularverbsingroups1.pdf

I wentYou readHe spokeWe heardThey came

All Persons are the same - as in Regular Verbs.

NEGATIVE FORM

All Verbs (Regular and Irregular) and all persons are the same:

SUBJECT + Did not (didn’t) + Base Form

I drank but he didn’t drink

We went but she didn’t go

She phoned but I didn’t phone

We studied but they didn’t study

INTERROGATIVE FORM

Did + SUBJECT + Base Form + … ?

Did you see that?

Did they go out yesterday?

Why did you tell me that?

Where did you meet him?

USE & TIME EXPRESSIONS

We use the Simple Past Tense for finished actions before the present.

You will see it with Time expressions showing Past:

Yesterday, last week / month/ … , in 2002,

2 hours / 3 days / a week/ …ago , When, etc

By Marga

http://englishteachermargarita.blogspot.com/